Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saintism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sain-tism
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The character or quality of saints.

Uncountable

noun

Hypocritical pretence of holiness; sanctimoniousness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"canting puritanism and saintism"

Etymology

From saint + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: saint

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does saintism mean?: The character or quality of saints.
Where does saintism come from?: From saint + -ism.

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